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  • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
    Work & Careers
    Life lessons from the couples who run start-ups

    Spouses who have a company together say they have to work harder to keep investors on side

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    New York Mets
    Steven Cohen in talks for up to 80% of New York Mets

    Baseball club says current owner Fred Wilpon would remain CEO for five years

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A.
    Agnelli family’s Exor to buy Italian media group GEDI

    Dynasty’s scion John Elkann tees up takeover of La Repubblica and La Stampa owner

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    LexMedia
    GEDI/Agnelli: press pass Premium

    Shares in La Repubblica owner were suspended while they weighed offer for their stake

  • Sunday, 1 December, 2019
    Media
    GEDI media group considers Agnelli approach

    Exor in talks to buy 43% of newsprint business from De Benedetti family

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    FT WealthStefan Wagstyl
    The rich are too slow with succession planning

    Arguments between potential heirs often magnified by scale and complexity of a wealthy family’s legacy

  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
    Q&AYour Questions
    Can we vary the terms of our family trust? 

    We would like to extend it beyond its current period of 70 years

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Special ReportFT Wealth: December 2019
    Asia’s next generation looks outside the family business

    Business empires rethink succession plans as young heirs choose other paths

  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    FT GuidesInvestment trusts: an FT Money guide
    Family fortunes: how to invest alongside the wealthy

    Trusts backed by wealthy families offer rare long-term investment management but come with some unusual risks

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  • Saturday, 26 October, 2019
    AnalysisItaly
    Corporate Italy keeps it in the family

    Powerful dynasties wield control over country’s business fabric

  • Friday, 18 October, 2019
    Special ReportFT Wealth: Family Office
    Role of banks and advisers on family office transactions diminishing

    The ultra-rich are forming a rapidly growing global network and are doing more deals with each other

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    Special ReportFT Wealth: Family Office
    Rich millennials put family wealth into impact investments

    Young urge elders to back ESG-linked projects instead of traditional philanthropy

  • Monday, 14 October, 2019
    Family feud at La Repubblica owner bursts into the open

    Carlo De Benedetti seeks to buy a stake in the newspaper publisher he founded

  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
    Purdue Pharma LP
    Purdue reaches preliminary opioid deal with several states

    New York, Pennsylvania and Washington among those to rebuff settlement

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    LEGO AS
    Niels Christiansen, Lego chief making everything awesome again

    Remodelling of Danish group is bolstering its status as the world’s biggest toymaker

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    Millennial MoneyAlice Kantor
    Why I refused to lend money to my parents

    If a family member asks for a loan, consider your own financial resilience first

  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2019
    FT Wealth
    More business dynasties would survive if only families learned to talk

    Communication and trust problems can arise when the younger generation feels the older one does not respond to their needs

  • Sunday, 1 September, 2019
    ObituaryTetra Pak International SA
    Hans Rausing, Swedish businessman and philanthropist, 1926-2019

    Tetra Pak billionaire, who gave away an estimated £1bn, cultivated a frugal and private image

  • Monday, 26 August, 2019
    JAB Holdings Ltd
    JAB aims to raise $8bn to further consumer deal spree

    Firm that manages fortune of billionaire Reimann family wants to expand in pet care

  • Monday, 19 August, 2019
    Andrew Hill
    The plague of long-running feuds in family businesses

    Infighting is almost always value-destroying for any outside shareholders

  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2019
    AnalysisShari Redstone
    Redstone takes on media industry after CBS victory

    The 65-year-old successor now sits unchallenged atop a $30bn entertainment empire

  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2019
    CBS Corp
    CBS strikes deal to reunite with Viacom

    Two halves of historic media empire reunite to take on competitors

  • Sunday, 21 July, 2019
    InterviewHow to Lead
    Andrea Illy: adapting a family business to a multinational world

    The coffee group chairman argues his style of capitalism is good for business, workers and the consumer

  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2019
    InterviewPrada SpA
    Prada heir makes his mark in sustainable nylon

    Lorenzo Bertelli oversees bags made from recycled fabric after joining family group

  • Thursday, 13 June, 2019
    Korean Air Lines Co Ltd
    Korean Air founding family members sentenced over smuggling

    Return of founder’s daughter to executive team sparks governance concerns

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